We want to know: Why Do You Ride? Take this survey if you’re a regular transit rider. Why Don’t You Ride? Take this survey if you don’t take transit regularly. For the last month we’ve been sharing stories of Metro employees who use transit to get to work in our [continue reading]
Know any good restaurants near Metro Rail stations? Send us your suggestions including the restaurant name, the station stop and your favorite food. We’ll share it with the world on our soon-to-debut dining map. If you have a great picture, we may post that, too. Send suggestions to sourcemetro@gmail.com Write [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. Boxer renews commitment to Villaraigosa’s 30/10 transit plan (L.A. Times) The L.A. Times covers yesterday’s 30/10 ’roundtable’ by focusing on Sen. Barbara [continue reading]
Photo by Jimi Glide, via Flickr There’s a nice backstory to this photo of a man at an Atlanta bus stop — go to the link at Flickr above and give it a read. If you would like to a submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them [continue reading]
Hussein Farah, an engineer who’s been managing facilities contracts here at Metro, has been appointed to the cabinet of the newly elected president of Somaliland. The Republic of Somaliland, where Hussein was born in 1957, is is the size of Greece, bordering Somalia and Ethiopia with a coastline that stretches some [continue reading]
The key word in the headline is ‘could.’ Here’s the news, from Metro CEO Art Leahy’s daily email to staff: Our contractor for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, Kiewit Infrastructure Group, has informed us that the contractor’s Local 12 Operating Engineers Union has called a strike following unsuccessful labor [continue reading]
Seven finalists have been chosen for the Transit Flicks Video Contest, and now it’s time for you to decide which video is worthy of the Grand Prize: a free EZ transit pass good for one year of travel on Metro buses, Metro Rail and many other carriers throughout the region. [continue reading]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer co-hosted a ’roundtable’ discussion on the 30/10 Initiative this afternoon at City Hall in downtown L.A. The point: talk about progress on the effort to secure federal loans and financing to build 12 Measure R transit projects in the next [continue reading]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here [continue reading]
Photo by Kevin Dooley, via Flickr Sometimes trees just know what to do, perhaps the reason that Kevin titled this photo “Zen bus stop.” As for the locale, go ahead and take a guess. I was many thousands of miles off the mark. The correct answer is after the jump. [continue reading]
